Hi all,
I'm new on the forum. My daughter is 14 yrs old and has high functioning Autism. Teachers have always said that she is 'fine' at school but she struggles massively with anxiety. Mostly social anxiety but often has meltdowns (at home) due to too much pressure at school. She has never recieved any help accademically, even though she struggles due to slow mental processing and perception problems because she hides everything to avoid attention at school. So when i approach the school to ask for help and support they play everything down. Only people who are close to her see how much she struggles and I feel let down just because she doesn't fall within the category of children on the spectrum who show obvious signs of distress.
Does anyone else find this? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Michelle x
